Preliminary Remark.

[...recounts] of the impression which it made upon his spirit, and of the sublime idea which it awakened in his soul of these great men, of these illustrious heroes and defenders of Christianity original: Christenthumes. He hopes that by not taking the thoughts and judgments of others as his guiding principle, he has avoided the accusation of being a slavish copyist original: knechtischer Ausschreiber — a common 18th-century critique of writers or translators who merely compiled others' work without adding original thought or style. or a tedious echo; instead, he wished to provide something that would be interesting at least for its novelty, as may perhaps be seen from the following introduction. The author requests that the reader does not skip original: überschlagen this introduction, as he deems it necessary for a better overview of the work.

A typographical ornament (fleuron) used as a divider, featuring a central floral motif with horizontal lines extending outward to the left and right.